Sculptor/painter Katie Dallam entered the boxing ring for her first professional fight and, 140 blows to the head later, suffered major brain damage. (Her life became the basis for the movie Million Dollar Baby). Irish musician Graham Sharpe’s career was on the rise when advancing tinnitus caused a ringing in his ears so bad that it put an end to his rock-and-roll dreams. Sculptor Alice Wingwall experienced complete loss of sight from a degenerative eye disease. Game over for these three, right? Not so fast. Each managed to struggle, innovate, and, ultimately, through their art, transform themselves into someone new.

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2020
7.0/10

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
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7.9/10

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
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7.5/10

Unknown
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6.3/10

Before I Go to Sleep
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6.5/10

Frida
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6.8/10

Finding Vivian Maier
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7.6/10

In Darkness
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6.0/10

Stutz
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7.5/10

Nude
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9.4/10

Mifune: The Last Samurai
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7.1/10

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Girl Rising
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Ozzy: No Escape from Now
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8.4/10

Live Aid
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7.9/10

Trance
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6.6/10

Stan Lee
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7.1/10

David Byrne's American Utopia
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7.6/10

Boy Kills World
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6.7/10

My Beautiful Broken Brain
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7.1/10
The Red Elvis
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7.2/10